NOTES AND COMMENTS

Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 58, 1 December 1937, Page 15

NOTES AND COMMENTS

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The win of Eoyal Quex ip the Puyse at the Moonee Valley (Vic.) on Sat-' urday last would be pleasing to twc* different stud niheters in this district, his sire being quarteyed at the Flaxmere Stud while his dam, Lilock, is one of thq m&tiKms running out on tho Mana Stud at Poukawa, ♦ * ' « The nominations for the Bummer meeting of the Woodville District B.C. exceeded all expectatious, there beiug an aggregafe bf 400 and an average of 25 for the sixteon events, &o this club should, on December 11 and 13 en?joy one of its best meetings for years, sipce quality as well as qnantity is repregcnted. * « .« • Mr A. W, Meikle must have a iea'nryg towards jumpurs, as ha has thfoe iiurdle horses in WPl'k' at present, JLi^ quer, Begorrah and Charnde, The named is the latest to be sehooled anu, like the niajority of Lord Quox's progeny, phe ie quite at home at the new game. This rnure, like Lacquer, was giveu lier first lessons iu jumping by ner ovvner on tho farin being being gein over to H. S. Greeue to be "topppry, off." • • * Since running a good third at Napier Park last montk the Hunting 0ong gmding Jiapawaiata' nas qorjo >vnu, evideutly naving benefited by that hurdle race in public, Hq will liave his next outing at Woodville, * * m ■ Tlie Daniloff gelding, Larwood, in Lt D. Berry's Hastings stablo xs' one of the nwst recent to be triedi over the hurdlps, This half-hrQther to itound.Up and- Bodyline, own&d by Messrs Vanee; Brother8, skQWs prowise as a jiHcper, though, being on the small side, uot exactly tlie ideal. etainp,, , • # • Red Cpckade, ,who ' raced at Napier Park, is on the iwpi'pve and is ■ pne of the Hastings trained hprses likeiy in the near f uture to .win his way out of tho iiovicg class. His stable compapion Itoyai Minstrel has made repovery from the mishap that prevented his starting at Hamilton recenfcly and be is now a daily visitor to the Hastings tracks. t * • .* Knightsbridge is now again ln the. stablo presided over by P. Stowe, who in the spring of 1936 hyd charge of the Gaiuscourt-Queen'e Maid gelding, then known a^ ServitPr, but since rechristened, t • • Maeter Cyklon (ooks a pic^nre oi health and htncss and a credit to his trainer, Lance Stowe. The Hunting Song gelding ranb elow expeelations at the Napier Park Spring plccting, but probably the distance then was too short. He wiU be in gteat order to produce his best at the 4V0odvillo meeting this mouth, • • • Hunting Cat was not taken to the Feilding meeting, but will dn tho trip to Woudville. Mr O. Nelson 's geldiug has made complete recpvery from the accident that pfeventedi him racing at the New Zealand Cup meeting. 411 going well, he will after >VoodyiUe, be pfepared, for the Manawatu Cup, an event he won in 193S, * *" * Mr J. McCartin's two-year-old Hagen (Siegfried — Hathpr) is to have his first race at Woodville. He is a well furnished yqungster, but may be a iittle on the tali side te mahe a good two-year-old pgrformer. However, others pf quite as many inches have made good at that age, and Boyal Feast (Aust.) wa? the best fbaby'1 of his year though he measurpd about a hand more than Hagen. ; # * * Gay Son since being defeated into second place by PeerleBs in the C.J.C. Welcome Stakes has done everything right and; now looks a decidedly bctter colt than ever. He has been nominated for both dhya at Woodville, but will probably only start the once, and this in the way of preparation for the Great Northeru Foal Stakep to be run at Ellerslie on Boxing Day. • * a Another Beau Perp yonngster in'H. S. Greene's Greenmeadows stable, Beaupartir, haB come on well since his race at Napier Park ljist mouth,, when Mrs Lowry'a colt was very miich oh th© burly side. He will accompany Gay Son to Woodville and, if sliowing the expeotcd improvement, will also compete in the Foal Stakes. • f. * S. J. Reid takes his' two Beau Pcres — -KathbeHa aud Ivar — to Woodville, a meeting which tlieir owner, Mr Frank Ormond never misses. Ivar, the Napier winner, is entered only the second dav, but Kathbella for both days, This filly, in my opiuion, is the better of tha pair, or. I should say, will evcntually prove so. • # * Affer winning narrowly from Slippery at Hastings last month Pakanui was given a light let-up, as well as being mated with a, few mares. This Hunting Song liorse freshens up retnarkably witli even a few days* spell. fle looks ln the pink at prasent and will aoon be fighting aut another finish again. # 9 • Nelujpbo, who has been off the sqene for somp time, is now bowling along ip fine style again and looks like being iiard to .beat in her next up, wherevor that may he, ip all prohability ftt Otaki this Saturday, «= # • II Duce is still sufferiiig from foot troublo (nerve), hyt js nowliere near as bad as he was. This is a brilliant galloper and has only to Btand up tq training to aeeount for a big sqrint event. Mr J. P. MrLpqd's Ohief iluler liorse will next rn n at Woodville. Tt. "»« sojnp.fliin'r of •' ;> 'VTpi I *npe that to •the same stable is 1-Tnile Sollassip, both Being on quite friendly term*.

Reasonable, wlip has won at his la^t two starts, is doing everything to the sytisfaction of traihcr G. Swinerd, at Greenmeadows. Miss Grace Twift'^ three-year-old gives every ipdication of winnihg out (of "hack" class in quick timo and of being able to lopk ftftcr hunseif when it pomes to tackie open company. • ' * • The cableman informs us that Steve Donoghue, the famous Irish horseman, having ridden his last rgce, will in future act as a public framer, and ip already assured. of oue or two w^althy patrpns. Donoghua can be graded as one of the most able horsemen eyfer seen on the English turf, andi ftt the same time can be classed as probftbly the most popuiar that ever wore a silk jacket. He has celebrated his 60thbirthday so has had his innings, durihg time he steered a winner of nearly every important event in the Old Country and the winners of- no less than eix Epsqm Derbies. At one part of his career "Oiir Steve" was wealthy, but unwise speculation on the Stock Exohange, about 10 years ago, made him » very poor maq. His financial downi'all was caused by the late Mr J, (Jimmie) White who at one time a milIionaire, was bankrupt at the time pf taking his own life. He was a great pereonal friend of the premier horseman and liimself was well known on the English turf, the best of his horses being that great sprinter and miler the Sir Arsbibald Imrse, Irish Ejegauoe. ' * t * ' Journet proved too "classy" for the oppqsition pitted against hini at Feilding lant jBaturday," Despite his ' 11,5 the big Arauaip gel'ding rau to the fronb Uaif a mile ir.om home and. from then on had the race in hand, He was seut to the post iu cxcellent conditiop and ?f taken to Auckland for the summer meotiug should have a good chance -faces. Journot at tlm present timo is tq pieli . up oue of those £400 hurdle one of Lbo best hurdlers in the Dominion. • t • Tiger Gain was4 also saddled up in great racing condition by trainer W, 0, Grifiiths, Leniently treated by the handicapper, he was always in the van, and after cliojdng off his co-pacemaker Coroboree, the Gainsqourt gelding went on to win nicely, jf narrowly. This was his second successive win in the Manchester Handicap and big fiftb on tha Feilding course. Ha was ridden a well-judged race in front by the Hastings horseman J. Forsyth, who deseryed credit for tho manner in which he rode the race, as riding a waiting race in fropt is a diffieult task, and even first class horsemen are sometirnes at sea when aslied to do sq Forsyth is good over m distance